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Joseph Mallord William Turner
English Romantic Painter, 1775-1851 Joseph Mallord William Turner (23 April 1775 ?C 19 December 1851) was an English Romantic landscape painter, watercolourist and printmaker, whose style is said to have laid the foundation for Impressionism. Although Turner was considered a controversial figure in his day, he is now regarded as the artist who elevated landscape painting to an eminence rivalling history painting. Turner's talent was recognised early in his life. Financial independence allowed Turner to innovate freely; his mature work is characterised by a chromatic palette and broadly applied atmospheric washes of paint. According to David Piper's The Illustrated History of Art, his later pictures were called "fantastic puzzles." However, Turner was still recognised as an artistic genius: the influential English art critic John Ruskin described Turner as the artist who could most "stirringly and truthfully measure the moods of Nature." (Piper 321) Suitable vehicles for Turner's imagination were to be found in the subjects of shipwrecks, fires (such as the burning of Parliament in 1834, an event which Turner rushed to witness first-hand, and which he transcribed in a series of watercolour sketches), natural catastrophes, and natural phenomena such as sunlight, storm, rain, and fog. He was fascinated by the violent power of the sea, as seen in Dawn after the Wreck (1840) and The Slave Ship (1840). Turner placed human beings in many of his paintings to indicate his affection for humanity on the one hand (note the frequent scenes of people drinking and merry-making or working in the foreground), but its vulnerability and vulgarity amid the 'sublime' nature of the world on the other hand. 'Sublime' here means awe-inspiring, savage grandeur, a natural world unmastered by man, evidence of the power of God - a theme that artists and poets were exploring in this period. The significance of light was to Turner the emanation of God's spirit and this was why he refined the subject matter of his later paintings by leaving out solid objects and detail, concentrating on the play of light on water, the radiance of skies and fires. Although these late paintings appear to be 'impressionistic' and therefore a forerunner of the French school, Turner was striving for expression of spirituality in the world, rather than responding primarily to optical phenomena. Rain, Steam and Speed - The Great Western Railway painted (1844).His early works, such as Tintern Abbey (1795), stayed true to the traditions of English landscape. However, in Hannibal Crossing the Alps (1812), an emphasis on the destructive power of nature had already come into play. His distinctive style of painting, in which he used watercolour technique with oil paints, created lightness, fluency, and ephemeral atmospheric effects. (Piper 321) One popular story about Turner, though it likely has little basis in reality, states that he even had himself "tied to the mast of a ship in order to experience the drama" of the elements during a storm at sea. In his later years he used oils ever more transparently, and turned to an evocation of almost pure light by use of shimmering colour. A prime example of his mature style can be seen in Rain, Steam and Speed - The Great Western Railway, where the objects are barely recognizable. The intensity of hue and interest in evanescent light not only placed Turner's work in the vanguard of English painting, but later exerted an influence upon art in France, as well; the Impressionists, particularly Claude Monet, carefully studied his techniques.

 

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Fire oil painting

Painting ID::  54937

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Fire
mk238 1834 Watercolour 23.4x32.7cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Boat oil painting

Painting ID::  54938

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Boat
mk238 1830-1835 Oil on canvas 92.1x122.6cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Roman fire oil painting

Painting ID::  54939

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Roman fire
mk238 1834-1835 Watercolour 21.6x36.7cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Rider oil painting

Painting ID::  54940

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Rider
mk238 23x30.5cm 1835
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Surf oil painting

Painting ID::  54941

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Surf
mk238 1835 23x30.5cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Village oil painting

Painting ID::  54942

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Village
mk238 1836 24.2x29.8cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Sea hog oil painting

Painting ID::  54943

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Sea hog
mk238 1835-1840 Oil on canvas 91x122cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Roman oil painting

Painting ID::  54944

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Roman
mk238 1839 Oil on canvas 91.4x121.9cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner View oil painting

Painting ID::  54945

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
View
mk238 1835-1840 Oil on canvas 94x123cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Oxford street oil painting

Painting ID::  54946

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Oxford street
mk238 1837-1839 Watercolour 38.2x55.2cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Landscape oil painting

Painting ID::  54947

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Landscape
mk238 1840 Watercolour 24.4x36.8cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Landscape oil painting

Painting ID::  54948

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Landscape
mk238 1840 Oil on canvas 31.1x48.3cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Storm oil painting

Painting ID::  54949

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Storm
mk238 1842 Watercolour 22x21.7cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Calmness oil painting

Painting ID::  54950

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Calmness
mk238 1842 Oil on canvas 87x86.7cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Storm oil painting

Painting ID::  54951

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Storm
mk238 1840-1845 Oil on canvas 91.4x121.9cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Landscape oil painting

Painting ID::  54952

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Landscape
mk238 121.9x182.2cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Flammulated sky oil painting

Painting ID::  54953

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Flammulated sky
mk238 1840-1845 30.5x48cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Bay scene oil painting

Painting ID::  54954

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Bay scene
mk238 1840-1845 30.5x47.5cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Sailboat oil painting

Painting ID::  54955

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Sailboat
mk238 1840-1845 30.5x48cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Sunset oil painting

Painting ID::  54956

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Sunset
mk238 1840-1845 25.8x30cm
   
   
     

 

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
English Romantic Painter, 1775-1851 Joseph Mallord William Turner (23 April 1775 ?C 19 December 1851) was an English Romantic landscape painter, watercolourist and printmaker, whose style is said to have laid the foundation for Impressionism. Although Turner was considered a controversial figure in his day, he is now regarded as the artist who elevated landscape painting to an eminence rivalling history painting. Turner's talent was recognised early in his life. Financial independence allowed Turner to innovate freely; his mature work is characterised by a chromatic palette and broadly applied atmospheric washes of paint. According to David Piper's The Illustrated History of Art, his later pictures were called "fantastic puzzles." However, Turner was still recognised as an artistic genius: the influential English art critic John Ruskin described Turner as the artist who could most "stirringly and truthfully measure the moods of Nature." (Piper 321) Suitable vehicles for Turner's imagination were to be found in the subjects of shipwrecks, fires (such as the burning of Parliament in 1834, an event which Turner rushed to witness first-hand, and which he transcribed in a series of watercolour sketches), natural catastrophes, and natural phenomena such as sunlight, storm, rain, and fog. He was fascinated by the violent power of the sea, as seen in Dawn after the Wreck (1840) and The Slave Ship (1840). Turner placed human beings in many of his paintings to indicate his affection for humanity on the one hand (note the frequent scenes of people drinking and merry-making or working in the foreground), but its vulnerability and vulgarity amid the 'sublime' nature of the world on the other hand. 'Sublime' here means awe-inspiring, savage grandeur, a natural world unmastered by man, evidence of the power of God - a theme that artists and poets were exploring in this period. The significance of light was to Turner the emanation of God's spirit and this was why he refined the subject matter of his later paintings by leaving out solid objects and detail, concentrating on the play of light on water, the radiance of skies and fires. Although these late paintings appear to be 'impressionistic' and therefore a forerunner of the French school, Turner was striving for expression of spirituality in the world, rather than responding primarily to optical phenomena. Rain, Steam and Speed - The Great Western Railway painted (1844).His early works, such as Tintern Abbey (1795), stayed true to the traditions of English landscape. However, in Hannibal Crossing the Alps (1812), an emphasis on the destructive power of nature had already come into play. His distinctive style of painting, in which he used watercolour technique with oil paints, created lightness, fluency, and ephemeral atmospheric effects. (Piper 321) One popular story about Turner, though it likely has little basis in reality, states that he even had himself "tied to the mast of a ship in order to experience the drama" of the elements during a storm at sea. In his later years he used oils ever more transparently, and turned to an evocation of almost pure light by use of shimmering colour. A prime example of his mature style can be seen in Rain, Steam and Speed - The Great Western Railway, where the objects are barely recognizable. The intensity of hue and interest in evanescent light not only placed Turner's work in the vanguard of English painting, but later exerted an influence upon art in France, as well; the Impressionists, particularly Claude Monet, carefully studied his techniques.